THE CROPS

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1848, 24 January 1880, Page 2

THE CROPS

The crops in the Cnat, Stoke, Carloton, Weet Eyroton, ard Swennanca districts are ell very good, not a bad crop in the whole of the above districts, and the replies which the inquirer usually get* to his interrogations respecting the crops from the farmers are "excellent," "Tery good," " above the average," and " never had half as much before on the ground." Harvest is cow in full swing, and the last few days having been so fine, an immense quantity of grain has been cut, as machines are going in all directions. There is in the Cust district a large area under wheat, very little of which is yet cut, but in the course of a few days it will be ready. There are really some magnificent crops of wheat in the district. Mr Howson has got two or three paddocks which are expected to yield close upon sixty bushels to the acre. Taking the district as a whole, the average yield per acre will probably run from thirty five to forty bushels. There is no rust amongst the wheat, so that the sample will be good. There is a large area under oats which are being cut, and in one or two instar.ces stacked. The yield of oats will be about forty bushel* to the acre. The total acreage of barley is about 300 acres, which looks woll, and will yield about thirty-two or thirty-four bushels to tha acre. In consequence of the low price likely to prevail for grass seed, a good many paddecks, intended for grass seed have bsou fed off, and others have been cut and made into hay. Still there will be several thousand bushels of grass seed to send into the market. At present there is every proßpect of Bome capital crops of turnips. In the Stoke district the bulk of the crop is oats and grass seed, just a few paddocks of wheat, ar.d not any barley. In the Carle-ton district there is a fair proportion of wheat, oats, and grass seed, and a few paddocks of barley. At West Eyreton M> ilorrell has a large paddock of very good barley. Oats form the principal crop in this district, with here and there some splendid paddocks of wheat. At Swannanoa there is quite as much wheat as oits, not much grass B6ed, and very littlo barley. Several aidocks of wheat have already been cut.